THE CASE CIRCA 1720, THE MOVEMENT DATED 1727, THE DIAL SIGNED 'THIOUT A PAIRS'/FECIT ET INVENIT', THE MAJORITY OF THE MOUNTS STAMPED WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINÇON

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THE CASE CIRCA 1720, THE MOVEMENT DATED 1727, THE DIAL SIGNED 'THIOUT A PAIRS'/FECIT ET INVENIT', THE MAJORITY OF THE MOUNTS STAMPED WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINÇON
90 in. (228.5 cm.) high, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide, 8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) deep

來源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 403.

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拍品專文

Probably Antoine Thiout (d. 1761), who became maître in 1724, juré in 1742 and garde in 1769, and who was the horloger du duc d'Orléans from 1751.

The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.

THE CASE CIRCA 1720, THE MOVEMENT DATED 1727, THE DIAL SIGNED 'THIOUT A PAIRS'/FECIT ET INVENIT', THE MAJORITY OF THE MOUNTS STAMPED WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINÇON

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